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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;217(5):638–644. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.25

Table 3. Group comparisons across levels of social resources for participants exposed to a) 1 or 2, or b) 3 or more stressful life events, adjusted for earlier sociabilitya .

Group comparisons
Number of stressful life events age 45
Mid-life outcomes Typical vs Poor resources Rich vs Poor resources Rich vs Typical resources N

IRR (95% CI)
Affective symptoms (age 45)
1-2 0.96 [0.85-1.09] 0.88 [0.75-1.04] 0.92 [0.78-1.07] 1967
3 or more 0.99 [0.83-1.18] 0.90 [0.73-1.11] 0.91 [0.74-1.12] 616

Psychological distress (age 50)
1-2 0.94 [0.83-1.07] 0.96 [0.82-1.12] 1.02 [0.88-1.18] 1803
3 or more 1.09 [0.90-1.31] 0.94 [0.74-1.19] 0.86 [0.68-1.09] 534
a

Analyses are adjusted for gender, social class and prior mental health symptoms. Weighted incidence rate ratios are reported, CI = confidence interval. Significant findings are in bold, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001, # = p<0.10.

Note: Earlier sociability included the following variables: seeing friends outside school in childhood, going to discos or parties during adolescence, and confiding relationships in adult life.